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1655852

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date	01/09/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Energy Intensive Industries: Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero on encouraging the decarbonisation of energy intensive industries.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	195961
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2023 answer text <p>The Department for Business and Trade and the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero are in regular dialogue over their shared aim to help industry decarbonise as the government works to deliver on its net zero ambition.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 07/09/2023 17:07:31 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1655853

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Energy Intensive Industries: Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the British Industry Supercharger Scheme on (a) carbon emissions and (b) the (i) viability and (ii) competitiveness of energy intensive industries.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	195962
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2023 answer text <p>For energy intensive industries (EIIs) particularly exposed to international trade, paying the full amount of Government electricity policy costs can increase the risk of the movement of production to another country due to the different levels of decarbonisation effort (known as “carbon leakage”). It can also increase the cost of electricity relative to other energy sources making it more challenging for users to switch to less carbon-intensive production.</p><p> </p><p>Analysis shows that the Supercharger proposals could reduce average electricity prices for UK EIIs from around £41MWh to around £22MWh, having a direct impact on their competitiveness and reducing global carbon emissions.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 07/09/2023 17:05:47 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1655854

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Iron and steel: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will make an estimate of the number of jobs created by the steel industry in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	195963
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2023 answer text <p>The Government recognises the vital role that steel plays within the UK economy, supporting local economic growth and levelling-up.</p><p> </p><p>According to Office for National Statistics data (<a href="https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/datasets/newbrespub" target="_blank">here</a>), the provisional release date for the next Business Register and Employment Survey, which includes the year 2022 as a reference period, is September/October 2023.</p><p> </p><p>The table below summarises ONS employment estimates for the steel industry:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Reference year</p></td><td><p>Jobs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>39,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>33,700</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>33,300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>33,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>32,200</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 07/09/2023 17:10:30 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1655855

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Iron and steel: Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what estimate she has made of the proportion of carbon emissions resulting from the steel industry in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	195964
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2023 answer text <p>The Government recognises the importance of a decarbonised and sustainable steel sector and is working closely with industry to support its decarbonisation options.</p><p> </p><p>According to Office for National Statistics data (<a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/environmentalaccounts/datasets/ukenvironmentalaccountsatmosphericemissionsgreenhousegasemissionsbyeconomicsectorandgasunitedkingdom" target="_blank">here</a>), the manufacture of basic iron and steel represented between 2 – 3% of all UK carbon dioxide emissions in the latest five-year period for which these were reported.</p><p> </p><p>The table below summarises ONS carbon dioxide emissions for the steel industry:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Reference year</p></td><td><p>Carbon dioxide emissions (millions of tonnes)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>10.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>10.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>10.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>11.1</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 07/09/2023 17:13:48 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson